Principal- Water Environment Leader

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You have built the technical expertise, earned the trust of clients, and learned what it takes to lead complex Water Environment work. Now you are ready to help shape what comes next.

GBA is seeking a Principal - Water Environment to provide strategic, client, business, and technical leadership for our Water Environment practice in St. Louis. This Principal-level opportunity is about more than leading projects. You will help grow the market, deepen key client relationships, develop future leaders, strengthen our service offerings, and influence the long-term direction and performance of the practice.

The right leader will bring strong Water Environment experience together with business insight, client credibility, and a passion for building teams and opportunities. You will operate with broad autonomy to establish priorities and make strategic and operational decisions within GBA's overall strategy and governance.

• Take an active leadership role in business development, developing and executing strategies to grow GBA's Water Environment presence across St. Louis and the broader Missouri market.
• Identify new opportunities, build prospective client relationships, lead strategic pursuits, and expand service offerings that position GBA for long-term growth.
• Use market insight, client needs, and industry trends to influence business priorities and investment decisions.
• Partner across GBA to bring the right disciplines, expertise, scope, fee, and resources together for complex pursuits and client needs.

• Own and strengthen client strategy for key Water Environment relationships and accounts.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to municipalities, utility organizations, regulatory agencies, and industry partners, helping clients navigate infrastructure, regulatory, growth, and investment decisions.
• Build executive-level relationships, resolve significant client concerns, and turn strong project delivery into long-term partnerships and future opportunities.
• Use client insight to help improve how GBA delivers work and where we expand our services.

• Provide strategic and technical leadership for complex Water Environment projects and programs from planning and design through implementation.
• Translate complex technical, project, and business issues into practical decisions that balance client needs, risk, quality, schedule, and long-term value.
• Maintain appropriate governance, quality, risk management, and project controls while empowering project and technical leaders to own successful delivery.
• Influence operational performance, resource decisions, profitability, and priorities across the practice.
• Provide direct supervision and leadership for team members, setting clear expectations, managing performance, and supporting individual and team success.
• Attract, coach, and develop talented professionals and future leaders, creating opportunities for growth while building a high-performing team.
• Support succession planning and intentionally develop people who can take on greater responsibility for clients, teams, and projects.
• Build a culture rooted in teamwork, integrity, honesty, learning, service, and innovation, where people feel supported, challenged, and empowered to grow.

• Represent GBA in professional organizations, industry events, client forums, and other opportunities that strengthen our reputation and relationships.
• Turn client and project challenges into opportunities for better approaches, new services, and responsible innovation.
• Help teams test, learn, and improve while…